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Dr. Omar Abudayyeh Awarded Michelson Prize for Proposal to Develop RNA Therapies Against Diseases
Dr. Omar Abudayyeh entered graduate school at an exciting time. As a PhD student in the lab of Feng Zhang, one of the inventors of CRISPR/Cas9 genome editing technology, Abudayyeh got to be at the forefront of DNA modification. However, he and another student, Jonathan Gootenberg, soon found their true calling in RNA editing.
The Viruses Within Us: Dr. Caleb Lareau Awarded Michelson Prize to Study How the Human ‘Virome’ Influences Health
The human body is teeming with viruses – some 380 million of them – and Dr. Caleb Lareau wants to meet them all.
Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation Award $150,000 Grants to Three Early-Career Scientists Researching Immunology and Vaccines
The Human Immunome Project and Michelson Medical Research Foundation have awarded Dr. Omar Abudayyeh, Dr. Caleb Lareau, and Dr. Yuzhong Liu the 2024 Michelson Prizes: Next Generation Grants.
